> Being limited to just remote jobs adds quite a bit of insecurity. Not finding a job in a city is far worse imho. But ofcourse, it is far easier to find one i

> Being limited to just remote jobs adds quite a bit of insecurity. Not finding a job in a city is far worse imho. But ofcourse, it is far easier to find one if there are ones you are qualified for. Our goal however was to never need a job, never have to sit in an office and to never have to commute to work. No matter what happens. I will never stop working nor will my wife (until our minds or we are dead) but we don't have to do what we do; we have the freedom here to just to almost stop working for N years and read books in the sun, working a few hours a week to have money for food etc; our brewery (bootstrapped completely with 2nd hand materials and our own work) makes enough for that by now. Most people in cities cannot do that unless they are quite rich (and/or own their house which is paid off/inherited). It is not for all and we're not married to Spain; we'll probably move on. Not having kids was a decision of us that makes that easier as well. > the best connections are ancient DSL. Megabytes a second? Gigabit? Nope. That's with being happy with what you have, right? :) If you are a programmer, like me, what do you need a fast connection for? I never needed one. > The large houses with land take a whole lot of work. Well you can get something smaller ofcourse if you like that (we have something small; still is bigger than our apartment in Amsterdam). Doesn't require too much tbh. For the rest; I am foreign here which might be a difference from your experience. We will always be foreign so we don't get into that good graces stuff. They find us weird anyway. We have some local friends (Spanish, born and raised) and they don't have that either. But yes, the elderly all hate eachother and we just are friendly but as we are not from Spain we don't really get treated in the same way I guess?